Comments on: Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, April 2008 Issue

By: My Investing Questions Answered by The Expert: Larry Swedroe | Prime Time Money

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:03:37 +0000

[...] Larry: “There are several benefits of these funds; simplicity being among them. Also if they are well structured they are also well diversified, including international equities. And they automatically rebalance. I would recommend them only if they use passive funds like index funds and also have low costs like Vanguardâ€™s funds. No reason to pay higher expenses.” Read the rest of Larry’s answer… [...]

By: Larry Swedroe

Larry Swedroe — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:49:45 +0000

Make Friends

My pleasure, it is my way of giving something back–or “paying it forward”

Best wishes

By: Make Friends, Earn Money

Make Friends, Earn Money — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:00:44 +0000

I don’t know how you continue to get Larry to do his monthly column, but great job Pinyo, he obviously likes your blog and having read his book has some excellent advice.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:32:10 +0000

@Vered — I used to think 25% was a lot too. After several books and doing the math myself, I think Larry’s suggestion is spot on.

By: Vered@MomGrind

Vered@MomGrind — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:05:20 +0000

“I believe investors should consider having 50 percent of their equities in international stocks and have at least 30 percent”.

This is interesting. I always congratulate myself on having 20% of my portfolio in international stocks. The idea that we should actually hold more makes sense, although personally I wouldn’t feel comfortable with 50%. But 30% makes a lot of sense to me.